Implementation of a lung cancer multidisciplinary team standardised template for reporting to general practitioners: a mixed-method study

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 7; no. 12; p. e018629
• Main Authors: Rankin, Nicole M, Collett, Gemma K, Brown, Clare M, Shaw, Tim J, White, Kahren M, Beale, Philip J, Trevena, Lyndal J, Anderiesz, Cleola, Barnes, David J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.12.2017; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Best practice; Breast cancer; Cancer therapies; Chemotherapy; Documentation - standards; Family physicians; Female; General Practitioners; Humans; Interdisciplinary Communication; Intervention; Lung cancer; Lung Neoplasms - therapy; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical referrals; Medical research; Medical screening; Meetings; Middle Aged; Mixed methods research; New South Wales; Oncology; Palliative care; Patient Care Team - organization & administration; Primary care; Quality Assurance, Health Care - standards; Self evaluation; Surveys and Questionnaires; Teaching hospitals; Thoracic surgery; Young Adult; United Kingdom > UK; Australia; primary care; organisation of health services; respiratory tract tumours

ObjectivesFew interventions have been designed that provide standardised information to primary care clinicians about the diagnostic and treatment recommendations resulting from cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) (tumour board) meetings. This study aimed to develop, implement and evaluate a standar...